Are your tomatoes ready to be picked? A garden picture thread

[bedpanartist]

sorry, I can't help it. My garden is wonderful this year, and I want to share:

Pole beans climbing the string:



fresh mint for tea


we got lots a' basil


and fennel, and cilantro


anyone want some spare oregeno?


my sunflowers are grand this year


this makes you fart


my eldest checks out the broccoli and tomatoes

[GOPisEvil]

1. I'm going to run out to the Italian Market for some bread and fresh mozzarella.

You grab some tomatoes and some of that basil. Caprese sandwiched for everyone!

[Inchworm]

2. Wonderful garden!

I like the herbs

[bedpanartist]

3. I eat handfuls right off of the stalk

like an ancient dinosaur or something, but it's wonderful. I love big mouthfuls of fennel and cilantro, of which I have tons.

[Inchworm]

5. Are herbs for cooking high maintenance to grow?

I do NOT have a green thumb. I just had a potted flower die.

Someone suggested I do an herb garden; since, I have some experience with herbs.



Edit: cause a Polish Hillbilly am I

[bedpanartist]

11. not at all

I always throw a handful of seeds into a big bucket of dirt to get them started, and then transfer them to regular ground when they are big enough. I think herbs are pretty easy to grow.

[LaurenG]

4. My tomatoes are not ready yet. I have the same herbs

the cilantro is going to seed right now as well as the basil and the mint. I love your garden choices.

[bedpanartist]

9. replant your cilantro seeds

and you can get two crops.

[begin_within]

6. Took this picture right now for this thread...

Homegrown tomatoes ripening in the sun

[China_cat]

7. Got my last tomato today.

Six plants in containers gave me about a bushel full. They were wonderful.

[LaraMN]

8. Beautiful! I've got loads of green tomatoes, but no ripe ones, yet!

No pics, either! I'll have to take some this week!

[Broken_Hero]

10. Yep, been picking tomatoes for the past two weeks,

we've picked at least 100lbs plus so far....

[stuntcat]

12. niiice broccoli!

I'm still a garden noob, but maybe someday I too can grow the broccoli!
I'm about to have way more tomatoes than I can use but not many are ripe yet.

I'm proud of the spinach and radishes I grew from seeds this time

[bedpanartist]

13. pick them green

and let them ripen inside. Make sure you don't cut them from the vine though. Leave the little co-joining vine intact and let them ripen off the vine. You'll have a longer shelf life on them being fresh that way.

I have so many I have to can them, freeze them as tomato sauce, etc...

[stuntcat]

14. will do.

There's a LOT I can go ahead and bring in then, ty

[Le Taz Hot]

15. They were actually ready at

the beginning of June (Early Girls). As a matter of fact, most of the first harvest is played out already (grapes, tomatoes, potatoes, collard greens, yellow squash and zucchini). However, being as how we are in the great San Joaquin Valley, I'm getting ready to plant my SECOND summer crop (tomatoes, squash, okra, onions, cantaloupe and honeydew). Luckily, we're able to harvest something pretty much all year around.

I just canned Asian beans and fresh blackberries and am getting ready to can the last of my aunt's tomatoes.

Bon appetite, y'all.

LTH